Sas
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Cool pic!
No worries about the trip, I'll be up in Sydney soon enough! Everything is booked now, except for my car. Still figuring out what is the cheapest rental car for a 23yo, they all have age surcharges 
Aussie Diving September
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Cool pic!
No worries about the trip, I'll be up in Sydney soon enough! Everything is booked now, except for my car. Still figuring out what is the cheapest rental car for a 23yo, they all have age surcharges
Sas
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Got out for a bunch of dives this week 
We did a night dive at Portsea Pier at about 10pm on Thursday night, was pretty mad except for all these little creatures that swarmed all over us when we had the lights on. A bit icky. We saw *two* Maori Octopuses, which was really exciting as I have only seen little ones before:
We watched them for a long time
Here is a youtube video I made of one (still not great at the videoing I am afraid!)
Also my buddy got a great shot of my favourite fish:
Today we did a dive somewhere near Lonsdale Arches, I am not sure we were on that site though, but close by. Was very rough on the surface and I got quite seasick. But the first dive was great, we had 10m viz and heaps of fish around! After that we did Boarfish Reef, which was nice, but viz dropped to below 5m and also slack water did not last long so we had to cut short our dive as the current became too strong to swim against.
A Lion's mane jelly at Lonsdale Arches we were taking pictures of to pass the time on our safety stop
Yellow Zoanthids at Boarfish Reef. I love these things!
Anyway, I heard a rumour almitywife might be diving this weekend??
We did a night dive at Portsea Pier at about 10pm on Thursday night, was pretty mad except for all these little creatures that swarmed all over us when we had the lights on. A bit icky. We saw *two* Maori Octopuses, which was really exciting as I have only seen little ones before:
We watched them for a long time
Here is a youtube video I made of one (still not great at the videoing I am afraid!)
Also my buddy got a great shot of my favourite fish:
Today we did a dive somewhere near Lonsdale Arches, I am not sure we were on that site though, but close by. Was very rough on the surface and I got quite seasick. But the first dive was great, we had 10m viz and heaps of fish around! After that we did Boarfish Reef, which was nice, but viz dropped to below 5m and also slack water did not last long so we had to cut short our dive as the current became too strong to swim against.
A Lion's mane jelly at Lonsdale Arches we were taking pictures of to pass the time on our safety stop
Yellow Zoanthids at Boarfish Reef. I love these things!
Anyway, I heard a rumour almitywife might be diving this weekend??
Woohoo for you and more diving! So jealous!
I need to get in...
I need to get in...
OP
Great shots Sas... man I gotta get wet soon too!
OP
Bare Island today
We did the Eastern side. 15C most of the dive. Under the bridge was 17 but fairly strong current. Lots of colour sponges, tubeworms, sea tulips and nudis but not a lot of fish. Cuttle, several PJ's one Huge one, large freeswimming moray. I like the eastern side for colour but Western side for fishlife.
Take a close look at the small urchin with my finger for perspective it seems to have feeders or some yellow tipped tubes out. The one attached to the shell (I think the shell was winning) seems to have them too. Any ideas what is happening here?
Nice to get back in the water but my wetsuit shrunk and I hate wetsuits anyway!
We did the Eastern side. 15C most of the dive. Under the bridge was 17 but fairly strong current. Lots of colour sponges, tubeworms, sea tulips and nudis but not a lot of fish. Cuttle, several PJ's one Huge one, large freeswimming moray. I like the eastern side for colour but Western side for fishlife.
Take a close look at the small urchin with my finger for perspective it seems to have feeders or some yellow tipped tubes out. The one attached to the shell (I think the shell was winning) seems to have them too. Any ideas what is happening here?
Nice to get back in the water but my wetsuit shrunk and I hate wetsuits anyway!
OP
Got some pics
OP
Got wet
Shot today
Shot today
OP
Still trying to figure this out
OP
I'm working on this attachement thing. I think if you click on them you will get the larger version.
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Sas
Contributor
Oh I love the grumpy fish one! Nice pics bowlofpetunias, glad to hear you got out diving~~~
I think that sea urchin is holopneustes pycnotilus if that helps and those things poking out are their tube feet Those ones have yellow sucker tips. Thickened Sea Urchin But yea I could be wrong with my ID, I just bought a book for it called 'Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters" and that was the closest match with the pictures
I think that sea urchin is holopneustes pycnotilus if that helps and those things poking out are their tube feet
Those ones have yellow sucker tips. Thickened Sea Urchin But yea I could be wrong with my ID, I just bought a book for it called 'Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters" and that was the closest match with the pictures Similar threads
